Hendrick, a Doberman, was found emaciated after seven months with a foster owner, the Putnam SPCA says. A Kent man was charged with animal cruelty.

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A Kent man who agreed to foster a dog for an upstate owner for seven months has been charged with animal cruelty after the dog was returned emaciated, police said.

Paul Donahue, 57, of Kent agreed to temporarily care for the 3-year-old male Doberman for its Ulster County owner. But when the owner retrieved the dog in mid-February, it was emaciated, dehydrated, malnourished and about 20 pounds underweight - about 25 percent of its body mass, police said.